Are all HPS lights the same???

[Easy Roller]

:confused: Does the brand really matter? For instance ..im on a tiny budget..i search and searched the net..and bought a 400w HPS 'SON T PLUS' from Philips... but coz it was so cheap i cant help doubting whether or not is has all of the correct wavelengths!! can anyone please 'shed some light' on the matter :D what is your first choice lamp??

[dboy]

In my opinion, if you're on a super tight budget, put the money into your lighting! and then ghetto everything else. Your light choice is the most critical factor, second only to the genetics of your plant. I think you'll be fine with your light.

Dboy

[turtle420]

As dboy says, you'll be fine with what you bought.

But more expensive lights, are 'brighter'. They have better engineering in them... I trully don't remember who's post it was, but they guy did a before/after shot comparison with his old HPS and with a new 'fancy' one HPS... and the new bulb, you could definitely see the difference in the pictures.

You're fine.

[Easy Roller]

i hear ya....lckily ive got a water pump..and an o2 pump from an old aquarium..so i dont have to fork out on a hydro system. iv ordered the light kit and some mylar..my seeds are skunk#1 amd 'fuma con diablos'i'll post the progress of my grow come the time.is it possible to stick mylar on the reflecter???

[puff4twentynow]

As dboy says, you'll be fine with what you bought.

But more expensive lights, are 'brighter'. They have better engineering in them... I trully don't remember who's post it was, but they guy did a before/after shot comparison with his old HPS and with a new 'fancy' one HPS... and the new bulb, you could definitely see the difference in the pictures.

You're fine.

Are these the pics you were talkin about turtle? Pic 1 is of a standard HPS. Pic 2 is of Hortilux HPS.

Puff

[turtle420]

Are these the pics you were talkin about turtle?

Puff, what did you do? Did you google my brain?

Yeap... those are exactly the ones I was talking about. Nice!

How you find them? I tried to come up with a couple of keywords... by the search wasn't successfull.... but there you go... you have them! ;)
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Laters,

-turtle420 :cool:

[puff4twentynow]

How you find them? I tried to come up with a couple of keywords... by the search wasn't successfull.... but there you go... you have them! ;)
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I was the one who originally posted those pics. I couldn't believe the difference till i saw it with my own eyes.

Puff

[Easy Roller]

So the Hortilux is buy far the better of the two?? ...for denser stockier plants ...does this effect the quallity of the high or is it purely asthetic ?

[Garden Knowm]

In my opinion, if you're on a super tight budget, put the money into your lighting! and then ghetto everything else. Your light choice is the most critical factor, second only to the genetics of your plant. I think you'll be fine with your light.

Dboy


I agree!